Veteran, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Ruth census division. It lies near Rusty Ridge (historic). The Survey maps it on the Riepetown quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Veteran within White Pine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1956 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1958 USGS Reipetown quadrangle1:24000
1958 USGS Riepetown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Reipetown quadrangle1:62500
1959 USGS Riepetown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1963 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Mt. Hamilton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Veteran (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,035 acres in total. 42 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Natural	42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Recreation and ceremony	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
7 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	GIROUX
2 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	BHP PACK
13 September 2001	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	MAGMA WELL
13 September 2001	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	WHITE HILL
12 September 2001	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	RIVER WASH
10 September 1999	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	RUTH BAR
9 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	GARNET
8 August 2008	Natural	1.0 acres	Ely District Office	WEST CAMP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White Pine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 71 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 71 workings within 5 miles of Veteran (historical): 44 past producers, 8 producers, 8 unknowns, 6 occurrences. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Manganese, Silver, Gold, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Badger Claim	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper	Past Producer
Bedlam	Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Iron, Lead	Past Producer
Blair and Kearsarge Claim	Copper, Aluminum	Past Producer
Carbonate and Eldorado Claims	Silver, Gold, Lead	Unknown
Columbia Mine	Manganese, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead	Past Producer
Commodore Claim	Iron	Unknown
Elijah Claim	Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer
Elijah Mine	Silver, Lead	Past Producer	Replacement
Ely District (Robinson)	Copper, Gold, Nickel, Palladium, Platinum	Producer	1868
Ely Gold Mine	Mercury, Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Gold, Copper, Silver	Past Producer	Placer

Every working recorded in White Pine County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Kimberly	0.5 miles	16
Riepetown	1.0 miles	16
Sunshine Camp (historical)	2.2 miles	18
Copper Flat	2.2 miles	18
Ruth	2.3 miles	18
Ruth (historical)	2.7 miles	18
Keystone	3.4 miles	18
Keystone Junction	3.6 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 850913. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.